You're Not the Boss of Me

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

You will sometimes have to stand alone against great opposition. And by the way, if you ever do have to fire someone, here’s a link that gives you some specific guidelines on how to do it properly. Not a very savory task and yet, stuff happens. You will have to deliver bad news. What was it like? What was the outcome?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

The physical environment, if done right, can foster elements of an effective workplace like collaboration and autonomy, work-life fit and opportunities for learning. to major — How can we be open and collaborative if people are separated by specialties? Now more people eat lunch together, instead of alone at their desks.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

The physical environment, if done right, can foster elements of an effective workplace like collaboration and autonomy, work-life fit and opportunities for learning. to major — How can we be open and collaborative if people are separated by specialties? Now more people eat lunch together, instead of alone at their desks.

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Chief Operating Officer Open-book Travel Diversity 11

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Let’s look at some guidelines on how to answer when asked, “What are your career aspirations?” Sit alone for a while and evaluate what brought you to this career path, and where you want to go with this job, and learn the titles of relevant roles in your field to create a more informed answer.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2016

Here are five practical guidelines. Let’s get back to first principles first. Just in case you’ve forgotten, a manager in a matrix organization has two or more upward reporting lines to bosses who each represent a different business dimension, such as product, region, customer, capability, or function. For example, the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

In cardiology alone, for example, the country spent $273 billion in total direct costs in 2010 and will spend an expected $818 billion in 2030. If we have learned anything in the years since managed care, it is that managing the cost risks cannot be delegated to primary care providers alone.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2014

However, many cannot see their way through existing HR policies and short-term business imperatives to know how to respond to such requests — let alone be proactive in suggesting possibilities to their people. So here are a few guidelines for well-meaning supervisors who want to provide for more flexibility: Focus on What, Not How or When.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

Approach the coworker when he or she is alone. You will continuously have to make sure to be as discreet as possible, not be too forward on the coworker yet express your feelings. Office romances and office dating are typical, it happens across all offices at one point or another. Be groomed so that you leave a good first impression.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2014

That kind of support is no longer limited to the lucky few who have administrative help on staff, either. An assistant can reduce the burden of email management in ways automated systems can’t, be they third-party plugins or rules and filters that you set up within your inbox.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

Compliance departments in some organizations might worry that doing these things makes freelancers look too much like employees for legal and tax purposes, and managers certainly need to be careful not to overstep any employment laws or HR guidelines. How do you best motivate someone who you don’t have formal authority over?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2016

This should be a collaborative process. No matter how hard you try or how many hours you work, you’re likely to disappoint a colleague at some point. You won’t be able to make every deadline or fulfill every commitment. But what if you have to let something slip that’s especially important to one of your peers?

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Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 7, 2016

Here are some guidelines to ensure correct posture. Head and Neck Aligned With Body This aligns (pun intended) with the aforementioned guideline to sit up straight, rather than slouch in a chair. . ​ Uncover the 31 office productivity hacks that have the potential to increase your work output or hinder it. ​Let's go!

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Chris Brady

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

It is mine and mine alone. (Don't even get me started on how the sledgehammer works on the economy!) The board may eventually be pulverized into two pieces, but not as effectively as it would have had the correct tool been used. The question isn't whether or not we should be responsible stewards of planet earth. Of course we should.

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Politics Blog Travel Letter 77

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

Leading up to and after the oil spill BP violated almost all the guidelines of effective execution, including lacking an effective structure and lacking clear accountability. The LESSON : It’s critical that organizations learn to coordinate and collaborate decisions across organizational boundaries. So what happened?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2012

Asked about why she chose to stand alone in her opposition to the European Exchange Rate Mechanism, she answered with a paranoia that is typical of the too-powerful: "I knew that they were ganging up on me. Alone and embattled, she was eventually forced to stand down. she asked herself as ally after ally defected from her cause.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2012

While some professionals fall into that trap, more and more of us recognize that we now have to make deliberate choices about which communications actually merit attention, let alone a response. The pressure to learn and respond ever more quickly is not the only way that social media accelerates innovation, however.

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Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

By that, I mean: develop a community around topics of mutual value, identify experts, influencers, customers and prospects as potential collaborators to co-create content that they will be proud to be a part of and share with those who would become your customers. It grows sales. Then once you’ve earned their trust, they are all in.

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